Julio Jean is a renowned master Haitian dance teacher and choreographer with 20 years of experience. His dancing is both graceful and magnetic, and in his teaching, he pays great attention to detail while bringing forth the joy and beauty of the dances. Julio’s choreography blends traditional Haitian forms with modern and contemporary dance to create compelling movement narratives.

Julio studied with Lavinia Williams, a company member of Katherine Dunham, at the National School of Arts in Haiti. In 1989, he moved to New York City, and worked directly with Katherine Dunham teaching traditional Haitian dance for her teacher trainings. He has been a guest teacher at Webster University in Saint Louis and Humboldt University, and has taught workshops in San Francisco, Milwaukee, and at the Dance New England Dance Camp in Poland, Maine. Among other venues, Julio’s performances have been seen at Alvin Ailey for National Dance week and at Summer Stage in 2010. Currently, Julio teaches in New York City and at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Julio is also a songwriter and composer and just released the album, “Kenbe la,” which encompasses the panorama of traditional Haitian music.

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August 19, 2016 THE DATA TEAM
"A SURVEY released this month tries to find out what life is like for Syrian teenagers. As part of a UN initiative, Mercy Corps, a charity, managed to interview 120 teens, along with 200 or so parents and local community figures. Even in relatively safe areas, some of the interviews had to be finished in the street after buildings were shelled. But the authors also spoke to teens in more dangerous places - territories still changing hands between government and opposition forces, or where the opposition has fully taken control. (The latter, subject to brutal regimes as well as devastation, are often worse than the areas under siege.)"

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Our director/founder, Fran Tarr, is excited to share that your ongoing belief in and support for Breaking Walls fuel our forward movement!!
TWO-WEEKS from today we will seek your support again for our our 2017 CONNECT * CREATE * CHANGE INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN!!
Your contributions will empower the lives of 40 Breaking Walls artists, ambassadors and associates from 7 communities over 10 days!
Breaking Walls 2017 Warsaw - the sixth annual initiative will consist of community-building, creative writing, creation of a theater piece, and a culminating performance for a live audience, plus the opportunity to share face-to-face dialogue and life experiences as a creative community. The 28 artists, nine ambassadors and three associates from Barcelona, Berlin, Bethlehem, Brooklyn, Cape Town, Detroit and Warsaw will come together for ten days to write about issues of self awareness, freedom of expression and how to shape an accepting, peaceful world. Additionally, our artists, ambassadors and associates will contribute one full day of community service to Warsaw.
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